Promoting Australia's First Languages

Working with partners to increasing awareness of Australia’s first languages. Read More

Gambay - Australian First Languages Map

Collaborating with regional language centres to develop an interactive map of Australian languages that reflects the names and groupings favoured by community. Read More

First Languages in Education

From training through to employment, First Languages Australia is working with policy makers and educators to help overcome the issues facing those involved with the teaching and learning of first languages. Read More

Angkety map: Digital Resources Report

Reporting on benefits and challenges of using digital resources in your language work, and highlighting best practice for digital resource production. Read More

Indigenous Languages Collections Strategy

Working with Australia's major libraries and archives to implement the National Indigenous Collections Strategy (2013). Read More

Warra: Building teams, building resources

A set of guidelines for those who are setting out to create resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language projects. Read More

Together with language centres and programs around the country First Languages Australia has developed a set of guidelines for those who are setting out to create resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language projects.

Warra has been written to help families and communities with the work of maintaining and strengthening Australia’s traditional languages. It showcases a wide range of language resources, and guides users through the steps involved in making Australian first languages resources.

'Warra' is a noun for ‘talk’ that also means ‘language’, ‘speech’, the act of talking, ‘voice’, ‘throat’ and ‘word’, in the Kaurna language of the Adelaide Plains. The rr in warra is a rolled r-sound. The a-sound in warra is pronounced as in Maori haka. The title Warra has been contributed by Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi and is shared by related languages, including Nukunu and Narungga.